Typewriting-machine



J. A. WHERRY.

TYPEWRITING MACHINE.- APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 26, 19I8.

1 ,388,987 Patented Aug. 30, 1921.

ITED STATES,

PATENT OFFICE,

HN WHERRY, on NEW OR EANS, LOUISIANA, ASSIGNOR r unnnnwoon TYP WRITER, COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION or ELAWARE.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN. AQWHERRY, a

citizen of the United States, residing in New Orleans, in the parish ofOrleans and State of Louisiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Typewriting-Machines, of which the following is a specification. H

Mly invention relates to work-assembling deviceseither forming part of t-ypewriting machines having a revoluble platen, or adapted to be used in conjunction with such machines.

broken away, showing the collating sheet The invention is herein disclosed in the form of a collating sheet, which may be of paper, cardboard, celluloid, or other suitable flexible material, said sheet including marginal flaps or short/belts which are adapted to be used as alining devices in the collation of work-sheets, but which terminate short of the normal writing surface, so that they do not produce ridges in the paper which would interfere with sinooth'writing. The cardboard or'other sheet may include more than one set of these flaps, so that worksheets may be held or pocketed in'their collated positionalongv each margin in the recesses between the flaps. The cardboard sheet may also include wvings which are. adapted to be'folded down over the flaps;

One special advantage of such wings is that when collated sheets; held in position by such wings are passed-around the platen, the bending of the wings insures that the worksheets will be firmly'gripped, and thus held against any possible, displacement. over, the factthat each collated sheet may be held by a separate non-creeping flap additionally insures the collated sheets: from .creeping relatively to each other during the line-spacing operations incident to writm i y )ther features and advantages will hereinafter appear.

A .In the accompanying drawings,

' Figure l is a perspective view partly passed around the, typewriter platen and holdinga work-sheet.

Fig.2 is a front perspective view of the collating sheet held erect with its wings open-and having three work-sheets held in position.

- The collating sheet comprisesa body 1 having a side strip 2, which may-be regard More- TYPEWRITING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent. 7 Patented Aug- 30 Application; filed September 26,1918. Serial No.1 255,761.-

ed as a belt forming a base to which a series of short belts 3 are attached. These short belts may be, as herein shown, in theform of a series of overlapping plaits 4, each plait comprisinga free flap .5, and a base 6, which is suitably fastened to, the side strip 2, as by an adhesive substance. These plaits may be of any suitable number and have their bottoms 7 form recesses or pockets at collatable intervals, viz;, at such distances apart that work-sheets set withtheir leading edges in the bottoms of appropriate pockets or recesses will have the proper lines 8 of any forms thereon superposed, with the result that whatever is written on one sheet on a given line will be impressed on the proper line of an underlying work-sheet by means of suitably positioned carbon paper between the sheets. The" free flaps 5 of the'plaits may be made as shortias is convenient, and to enable them to be made extremely short,

the side strip 2 may have hinged thereon a wing 9, which may be integral therewith, andwhich is adapted to be folded over the faces of the work-sheets set in the plaits to hold, the flaps down against the worksheets.

The plaits forming the pockets may in some instances be made from a strip of paper folded on itself, and to avoid undue thickness, eachfpocket will advantageously voverlie only the adjoining pocket, unless worksheets are to be collated with their leading edges almost but not quite alined. In this pocket inwhich to insert a work-sheet.

When the collating sheet with-the worksheetsthereon is passed around the platen, so as to fit the curve thereof, as shown in Fig. 1, the wing 9 will be pressed forcibly against the side strip 2, so that it firmly pinches and holds the sheets either directly or through the flaps 5 of theplaits. Y v

In addition to the side strip 2, the collating-sheet may include a second sidestrip 10 also forming part of the same collating sheet. -This side strip 10 may be provided with a set of plaits 11 similar in all respects to the plaits 4,'and it maybe united to the side strip 2 in such a way asto leave'a large opening 12 in the collating sheet,this opening corresponding to the space in which writing is to be done. the two side strips 2 and 10, there may be provided an end strip 13 at one end and an end strip 14 at the other end.

One of these end strips, preferably the end strip 14 which forms the leading edge of-the sheet when inserted at the rear of the platen of the typewriter, is advantageously provided with an end wing 15, which is adapted to be folded down over the side wing 9, and also over a similar side wing 16 which is hinged to the side strip 10, and is adapted to be folded down on said side strip 10 over the plaits 11. The endwing 15 may serve as an end gage and pocket for the outside work-sheet. Then the wings 9, 15 and 16 are folded down, as just described, the collating sheet, together with the worksheets thereon, forms a fairly unitary structure'wh'ich may be handled easily and inserted into the typewriting machine without any liability of derangement of the sheets. Moreover, the end wing stiflens the leading edge of the collating. sheet, and prevents the leading edge of the outside worksheet from springing out and catching on any part of the mechanism while being inserted into the machine. After insertion into the typewritingmachine, the end wing 15 no longer need hold the side wings down, since the curying of the collating sheet binds the side wings against the face of the collating sheet. It will be noted that either 'ofthc wings may be utilized as an edge gage for the side edges of work-sheets when being inserted.

' In the form herein described, the sheet 1 is primarily designed to be separate from the typewriting machine, and to have the wings 9 and 16 extend substantially throughout its length.

The wings 9 and 16 will often hold the sheets firmly against creeping, even if the feed rolls 17 do not'press them against the platen 18, since the curving of the wings backwardly over the face of the collating sheet induces great pressure, especially if the wings are formed as integral extensions of the sheet which forms the body of the collating sheet, as is usually the best and most economical method of making the sheet. In some forms of typewriters, the feed rolls bear against the margins of the sheets, and, therefore, bear against the wings 9 and 16; v I

Variations/may be resorted to within the scope of the invention, and portions of the improvements may be used without others.

Having thus described myinventionpI claim:

1. A collating sheet adapted to be curved around a typewriter platen having a face on which work-sheets are adapted to lie, and

having a series of recesses into which the endsof thework-sheets are adapted tobe To unite inserted, so that the ends of the recesses engage the ends of the work-sheets to 001- late them, each recess having one wall adapted to be lifted clear of thefac'e, and a wing on the collating sheet adapted to be folded down over the recess wall to grip the work-sheets when curved around the platen.

2. A collating sheet adapted to be curved around a typewriter platen having a face on which work-sheets are adapted to lie, and having a series of recesses at collatable intervals along each side margin and into which the ends of the work-sheets are adapted to be inserted, each recess having one wall adapted to be lifted clear of the face, and wing on the collating sheet at'each side thereof adapted to be folded down over the recess-walls.

3. A collating sheet adapted to be curved around a typewriter platen having a face on which work-sheets are adapted to lie, and having a series of recesses into which sorted, each recess having one wall adapted to be lifted clear of the face, a wing on the collating sheetadapted to be folded down over the wall, said wing forming an edge gage for a collated sheet, and an end win adapted to be folded down-to hold down the side wing.

" 4. A collating sheet adaptedto be curved around a typewriter platen comprising a body having a series of recesses'on each margin of the body adapted to lie beyond the ends of the writing line,'the bottoms of the recesses adapted to form end gages for collating together work-sheets, andmeans-for holding down the outer walls of the recesses with the work-sheets seated therein.

5. A collating sheet adapted to be curved around a typewriter platen comprising a body having a series of recesses, on each margin of the bodyadapted to lie beyond the ends of the writing line, the bottoms of the recesses adapted to form end gages for collating together'work-sheets, and a wing for lating together work-sheets, and means for holding down the outer walls of the recesses 'with the worksheets seated therein, said body comprising an opening as extensive as the part ofthe work-sheets-on which type writing is adapted to be effected. a

" 7. A collating sheet adapted to curved around a typewriter platen comprising a body having a series of recesses on each margin of the bodyadaptedto lie beyond the ends of the writing line, the bottoms of the recesses adapted to form end gages for collating together work-sheets, and a wing for each margin forming a device for causing the outer walls of the recesses to grip the work-sheets, said body comprising an opening for the work-sheets on which typewriting is adapted to be effected.

8. A collating sheet adapted to be curved around a typewriter platen comprising a body having a series of recesses, said series of recesses formed by a strip plaited on itself lying beyond an end of the writing line ailid held to the body at the bottoms of the p aits.

9. A collating sheet adapted to be curved around a typewriter platen comprising a body having a series of recesses on each margin of the body lying beyond the ends of the writin line, each seriesiofi recesses being formed by a strip plaited on itself and fastened at the bottoms of the plaits to the body'.

10. A sheet-holding devlce adapted to be curved around a typewriter platen having a face on which a work-sheet is adapted to lie, and having a recess on said face into which the end of the work-sheet is adapted to be inserted, said recess having a wall adapted,

to be lifted clear of said face, a side wing on the device adapted to be folded across the recess-wall, and an end wing adapted to be folded down over the work-sheet and over the end vof the side Wing.

11. A sheet-holding device adapted to be curved around a typewriter platen having a face on which a work-sheet is adapted to lie, and having, a series of recesses on said face beyond one end of the writing line and into which the end of the work-sheet is adapted to be inserted, each recess having one wall adapted to be lifted clear of the face, a side wing on the device adapted to be folded down over said walls, and an end wing on the device adapted to be folded down over the side wing to hold it down for the introduction of the device around the platen.

12. A collating sheet adapted to be curved around a typewriter platen comprising a body having a series of recesses on each margin of the body beyond the ends of the writing line, the bottoms of the recesses adapted to form end gages for collating together work-sheets, a wing for each row of recesses adapted to be folded down over the outer walls of the recesses to hold the work-sheets therein, and an end wing adapted to be folded down over the side wings to enable the collating sheet to be introduced around the platen.

13. The combination with a collating support adapted to be curved around a typewriter platen, of a series of free flaps fast to said support at intervals and forming end gages by their junctions with the support, and a wing hinged to the support adapted to overlie the flaps to hold them down to hold the collated sheets.

14. The combination with a collating support including strips adapted to lie along the margins of work-sheets and adapted to be curved around a typewriter platen, of a s ries of alined free flaps fast to said support at intervals and forming end gages by their junctions with the support, and a wing hinged to each margin adapted to overlie the fllaps to hold them down to hold the collated s ieets.

JOHN A. WHERRY.

Witnesses:

ARTHUR RYAN, ST. CLAIR ADAMs. 

